Threats to Freedom of the Arts
It is unusual to find among visual arts writers/ critics those who express an honest strong critical opinion about artworks/ exhibitions.
Author: Paul Costigan
Artemisia Gentileschi
New purchase by National Gallery London
The National Gallery has bought a rare painting by 17th Century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi for £3.6m.
Gail Albert Halaban
Photography exhibition and projects of Gail Albert Halaban
An exhibition has opened at the Eastman Museum (Rochester) Gail Albert Halaban’s Out My Window.
Valentina Vannicola
photography exhibition and projects of Valentina Vannicola
There’s a post online for an exhibition of the photographs of Valentina Vannicola – the project is titled Riviere.
Equity in Visual Arts – not yet
More sad news on progress on equity
There’s an article in the Art Newspaper talking about a celebration of women in the visual arts…
children in art galleries
Another tale of mixing play with art
Here’s yet another story about children running around artworks as if it is a playground.
Ballarat Photo
An amazing announcement
The Ballarat Foto Biennale has bought the former Union Bank premises near the corner of Sturt Street as a permanent exhibition space and offices.
New NGA Director – a good thing – maybe
Hilarie Mais
ANU Drill Hall exhibition (Canberra)
This exhibition of 20 works by Hilarie Mais presents a recent decade of practice. It is an exhibition by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Sydney) showing at the Drill Hall in Canberra till 29th July 2018.
Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
Exhibition Notice
A photography exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Washington till 2 June 2019 – Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
Continue reading “Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting”
Forgeries
Two stories about forgeries today
The visual art market has some very amazing forgeries in circulation – and who knows how many yet to be detected.
Gael Newton AM
Congratulations to Moshe Rosenzveig
MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA
Congratulations to Moshe Rosenzveig for his dedication to the medium of photography – especially for his amazing work in bringing the photography festival, Head-On, to Sydney for all of us to enjoy.
Diane Arbus at Heidi
Art Blart review of Diane Arbus exhibition
Dr Marcus Bunyan has reviewed the exhibition of the NGA’s travelling exhibition, Diane Arbus: American Portraits, at the Heidi Museum of Modern Art (Melbourne).
Michael Riley at MAMA
Michael Riley’s Flyblown exhibition
When calling into see the 2018 National Photography Prize at Albury, I was first taken by a small exhibition in the room opposite.
National Photography Prize 2018
the 2018 Photo prize at Albury (MAMA)
Took the time while driving back from Melbourne to stop at Albury to see the exhibition of the 2018 National Photography Prize.
Choosing an art gallery director
How to get it wrong – or right
There’s a story in the Los Angeles Times that has implications for the management of all public art galleries, large and small.
Emily Kame Kngwarreye at the NGA
The Alhalkere Suite (1993)
An unexpected thing happened last Sunday as I went through the Indigenous Galleries at the National Gallery of Australia – the NGA. Continue reading “Emily Kame Kngwarreye at the NGA”
NGA in the bush
Sharing a photograph
Above is ‘not the usual’ view of the Australian National Gallery in Canberra.
New Zealand National Gallery collection
Opening of new visual arts at Te Papa
We all remember when the New Zealand National Gallery of Art disappeared and was consumed in to the new Museum of New Zealand Te Papa.
Michael Reid’s Wall Power
Contemporary Australian photography in London
Michael Reid Gallery has opened an exhibition of Australian Contemporary Photography at the Australian High Commission in London.
Another big splash in London!
Antony Gormely and Jonathan Jones
The Critical Visual Arts Review
There is not a lot of well written independent thinking reviews of the visual arts. Many are cautious as they need to be mindful of the next gig – more a comment on how the powerplay function in the contemporary art scene.
Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum
What is the statue in the photograph?
We have been the joint-curators for the Frank Hurley exhibition now on at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
Continue reading “Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum”
V&A Photographic Centre
Photographic Centre opening date announced
Opening on 12 October 2018
Benalla Art Gallery
Canberra to Melbourne: art stop-over
When driving the Canberra – Melbourne journey there are many good places to stop for a break. Benalla Art Gallery is one of the best.
CMAG opinion piece
CityNews opinion piece on CMAG
My piece on their current exhibition as well as comments about the future of the gallery – click here.
CMAG – 25 Yrs Collection
Exhibition: Celebration 25 years of Collecting
At the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) – the city gallery in Canberra.
V&A Photography Centre
Is this the confirmed date for the opening of the V&A Photography Centre? Buried in this article is the mention of the opening date for the V&A's Photography Centre – 12 October 2018
Posted by The Art Museum on Friday, 4 May 2018
Bill Henson
Exhibition notice
Bill Henson at the Tolarno Galleries 104 Exhibition Street Melbourne
till 2 June 2018.
Scandal at NGA – well maybe not
Someone trying to catch the NGA out on something – anything!
When there are so many things to be thinking about – the Crimes of Canberra has a focus on the purchase of chairs at the NGA.
Raymond Smith Photographs
Exhibition: In Time We Shall Know Ourselves
Notice for an exhibition of photographs by Raymond Smith till June 3rd 2018.
Polixeni Papapetrou
Exhibition at Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
Polixeni Papapetrou’s new works on exhibition till 28 April at Michael Reid in Sydney.
Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Click on the image for more on this exhibition
Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Exhibition Preview
We visited the Manly Arts Gallery & Museum today.
Continue reading “Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum”
Michiko Kon
Exhibition Notice
Michiko Kon, Recent Works 2018Mar 7 － Apr 28, 2018Photo Gallery International in Toranomon, Tokyo
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 2 April 2018
Mid-sized galleries feel the squeeze
Story about mid-sized visual art galleries and art fairs
Smaller galleries say they will continue to take an economic hit to participate in the fair because they consider it an important investment in their artists' futures.
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 2 April 2018
Andreas Gursky
Exhibition Notice
Till 22 April 2018Andreas Gursky at Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 2 April 2018
Harold Edgerton at the Whitney
An exhibition notice for an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Click here for the link…
And for more on Harold Edgerton – see also Gael Newton’s 1999 paper for the catalogue at the National Gallery of Australia – click here.
Josef Lebovic – Entrertainment Posters
Josef Lebovic Gallery (Sydney)Entertainment Posters Part 1 Catalogue – link to a pdf
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 26 March 2018
Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Click on the image for more on this exhibition
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2018
Celebrating a Pioneer of Australian Photojournalism
Celebrating IWD – 8th March 2018
Adelie Hurley (1919-2010) – The first Australian female commercial photojournalist
ANU Drill Hall
Exhibition: Incommensurable
An exhibition of Australian contemporary photography (and two video works) at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery (Canberra) till 8 April 2018
The-Art-Museum on Facebook
Angela Philp
Angela Philp, first Director of the Canberra Museum and Gallery, died in Newcastle on January 29 2018. Helen Musa's notice below from City News.
Posted by The Art Museum on Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Vermeer
Traces of Vermeer
We have uploaded a couple of times now on the research on whether Vermeer used a Camera Obscura as part of his process for some of his paintings. Now there’s more.. Continue reading “Vermeer”
National Gallery Singapore
Century of Light – Exhibitions: 16 Nov 2017–11 Mar 2018
Century of Light features two exhibitions, Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay and Between Worlds: Raden Saleh and Juan Luna, that demonstrate the range of painting styles and art movements that developed in 19th century Europe during the post-enlightenment period of innovation and change.
Robert Mcfarlane
Adelaide Film Festival announces photographer Robert Mcfarlane as 2017 Jim Bettison & Helen James Award recipient
Edvard Munch’s Photography
Sasha Grishin and Canberra’s Visual Arts
National collection gems out of sight
Sasha Grishin has written an opinion piece on his blog on the current situation of visual arts in Canberra – many of his thoughts I share.
AGNSW Photography
AGNSW photography gallery not visible in 2018
Keen to plan 2018 visits to Sydney, I looked online to see what photography exhibitions would be held in the photography gallery at the Art Gallery of NSW (Sydney).